Suffragan diocese Jixian, China
Diocese of Jixian
Ueihoeiven(sis)
Latin Church
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jixian (Weihui/Weihwei) is a Latin diocese centered on Weihui in Henan, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kaifeng. Its lineage goes back to the Vicariate Apostolic of Honan erected in 1844, renamed Weihweifu in 1924 and elevated to a diocese on 11 April 1946. Bishop Joseph Zhang Yinlin succeeded to the see in 2016; in 1950 it counted about 46,000 Catholics.
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- Established
- 1844
- Catholics
- 46,000
- Territory
- 2,500,000 km²
Parishes and churches
5 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of the Sacred Heart 耶稣圣心主教座堂Anyang 安阳 · CathedralView parish
- Church of All Saints of China 武安市中华诸圣堂Wu’an 武安View parish
- Church of St. Joseph 鹤壁圣若瑟堂Hebijizhen 鹤壁集镇View parish
- Church of the Immaculate Conception 滑县城关圣母无染原罪罪堂Hua County 滑县View parish
- Church 辉县高庄天主堂Gaozhuangxiang 高庄乡View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Zhang Yinlin
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The cathedral
Cathedral in Anyang stands in Jixian, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The city of Weihui, within the ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng in China, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Weihui/Weíhwei/Jixian, whose Latin name is Ueihoeiven(sis) and whose Chinese forms are 衛輝 and 級縣.